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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a business meeting to mark up and vote on bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the U.S. Grain Standards Act, which has provisions that expire in September. The U.S. Grain...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement after the World Trade Organization (WTO) handed down its fourth and final ruling on country-of-origin labeling (COOL) against the United States. “As Chairman of the Senate...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today held a hearing on Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulatory issues impacting end-users and market liquidity. “July marks the five year anniversary of passage of the Dodd-Frank Act. Not too long...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced witnesses for the Committee's hearing on Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulatory issues impacting end-users and market liquidity. What:   Regulatory Issues Impacting End-Users...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today held a hearing to review child nutrition programs, which expire in September. As school districts of all sizes across America are having difficulties implementing the new regulations, Chairman Roberts has...

WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a hearing on Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulatory issues impacting end-users and market liquidity. Title:    Regulatory Issues Impacting End-Users and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today held a hearing to review the U.S. Grain Standards Act, which has provisions that expire this year. The U.S. Grain Standards Act authorizes USDA’s Federal Grain Inspection Service to establish marketing standards for a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced witnesses for the Committee's hearing on child nutrition programs. What:   A Review of Child Nutrition Programs Who:   Panel I:            Mr. Stephen M. Lord, Managing...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – One day after requesting emergency assistance for poultry and egg producers whose flocks were hit with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N2 infections, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) yesterday granted Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack authority to issue emergency assistance for poultry and egg producers whose flocks...

U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced witnesses for the Committee's hearing on reviewing the U.S. Grain Standards Act. What:   Review of the U.S. Grain Standards Act Who: Mr. Bill Gordon, Member, Board of Directors, American Soybean Association,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today with a bipartisan group of senators introduced The Federal Water Quality Protection Act to halt the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ‘Waters of the United States’ proposed rule. “I’m proud to lead...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a hearing to review child nutrition programs. What:   A Review of Child Nutrition Programs Date:   Thursday, May 7, 2015 Time:   10:00...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate and House Agriculture Committee leadership today called for emergency assistance to be released to poultry and egg producers whose flocks suffered losses due to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N2 infections.  Agriculture Committee Chairmen Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Rep. K. Michael Conaway, R-Texas,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a hearing on reviewing the U.S. Grain Standards Act. What:   Review of the U.S. Grain Standards Act Date:   Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Time:...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today held a hearing on opportunities and challenges for agriculture trade with Cuba. The hearing, titled “Opportunities and Challenges for Agriculture Trade with Cuba,” has two panels. For witness...

WASHINGTON, DC – Kelsey Unruh, a Macon, Miss. resident, this week completed a semester-long internship in office of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, under Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan. “I could not have spent my semester in a better way,” Unruh said. “I am so grateful to Senator Roberts and his...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced witnesses for the Committee’s hearing on opportunities and challenges for agriculture trade with Cuba. What:  Opportunities and Challenges for Agriculture Trade with Cuba Who:  Panel I The...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a hearing on opportunities and challenges for agriculture trade with Cuba. What:  Opportunities and Challenges for Agriculture Trade with...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s deadline extension for commodity programs created in the 2014 Farm Bill. “It is evident USDA listened to the concerns...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today held a hearing on the impacts of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed ‘Waters of the United States’ (WOTUS) rule.  The proposed WOTUS rule expands federal jurisdiction under...